Who is Mike Durso?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The IG investigation found he violated policies so what are they waiting for. The notion there is a legal basis to keep on the payroll strains credility

The legal basis is that the first MCPS investigation cleared him. It’s a really messy HR problem, entirely of MCPS’s own making.

That was my takeaway. The redundant investigations just seem like a fishing trip for alternate facts. Why does MCPS waste so much money on this nonsense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He’s 81????

WTAF! MCPS couldn't find someone much younger, have we resorted to hiring ancient relics ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child is only in 3rd grade so I never paid attention to the board of education while he was on it. I saw a couple of articles that he is the new chief of staff? Is he any good?

81 year old former BOE member who endorsed McKnight for superintendent. She is now paying him back with advisory appointments and now a full-time job with benefits (car and credit card).

Such a sad state of affairs at mcps

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The IG investigation found he violated policies so what are they waiting for. The notion there is a legal basis to keep on the payroll strains credility

The legal basis is that the first MCPS investigation cleared him. It’s a really messy HR problem, entirely of MCPS’s own making.

That was my takeaway. The redundant investigations just seem like a fishing trip for alternate facts. Why does MCPS waste so much money on this nonsense.

I hate that we have to keep having this conversation, but here are the facts.

1. The Washington Post did an investigation in which 30+ witnesses and victims said that they had been bullied, harassed, or had witnessed sexual harassment and bullying.

2. MCPS removed the perpetrator from his new role as a HS principal and hid him at Central Office.

3. The MCPS-hired law firm found that the district had failed to follow their own policies, had ignored victim testimony, and committed fraud by backdating his paperwork. As a result, an additional four administrators either left their positions or were placed on leave.

4. The state-led investigation found that the perpetrator had indeed perpetuated a culture of sexual harassment, bullying, and retaliation. They also uncovered multiple additional witnesseses and victims.

5. We are now waiting on a second state-led investigation into how MCPS messed this up so badly, as a result of which we can expect multiple additional resignations and firings.

So, yes, he was cleared in one investigation but that investigation was later found to be not just sloppy, but outright fraudulent. That's not exculpatory - it actually looks worse!

[Anonymous]

DP. The above is true. But to be clear, is not about Mike Durso, the supposed topic of this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The IG investigation found he violated policies so what are they waiting for. The notion there is a legal basis to keep on the payroll strains credility

The legal basis is that the first MCPS investigation cleared him. It’s a really messy HR problem, entirely of MCPS’s own making.

That was my takeaway. The redundant investigations just seem like a fishing trip for alternate facts. Why does MCPS waste so much money on this nonsense.

I hate that we have to keep having this conversation, but here are the facts.

1. The Washington Post did an investigation in which 30+ witnesses and victims said that they had been bullied, harassed, or had witnessed sexual harassment and bullying.

2. MCPS removed the perpetrator from his new role as a HS principal and hid him at Central Office.

3. The MCPS-hired law firm found that the district had failed to follow their own policies, had ignored victim testimony, and committed fraud by backdating his paperwork. As a result, an additional four administrators either left their positions or were placed on leave.

4. The state-led investigation found that the perpetrator had indeed perpetuated a culture of sexual harassment, bullying, and retaliation. They also uncovered multiple additional witnesseses and victims.

5. We are now waiting on a second state-led investigation into how MCPS messed this up so badly, as a result of which we can expect multiple additional resignations and firings.

So, yes, he was cleared in one investigation but that investigation was later found to be not just sloppy, but outright fraudulent. That's not exculpatory - it actually looks worse!

Seems like a lot of time and money to spend on an investigation into a married woman who willingly sexted him pictures of herself in the bath tub? How many investigations does it take to figure out that the two of them were into each other?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The IG investigation found he violated policies so what are they waiting for. The notion there is a legal basis to keep on the payroll strains credility

The legal basis is that the first MCPS investigation cleared him. It’s a really messy HR problem, entirely of MCPS’s own making.

That was my takeaway. The redundant investigations just seem like a fishing trip for alternate facts. Why does MCPS waste so much money on this nonsense.

I hate that we have to keep having this conversation, but here are the facts.

1. The Washington Post did an investigation in which 30+ witnesses and victims said that they had been bullied, harassed, or had witnessed sexual harassment and bullying.

2. MCPS removed the perpetrator from his new role as a HS principal and hid him at Central Office.

3. The MCPS-hired law firm found that the district had failed to follow their own policies, had ignored victim testimony, and committed fraud by backdating his paperwork. As a result, an additional four administrators either left their positions or were placed on leave.

4. The state-led investigation found that the perpetrator had indeed perpetuated a culture of sexual harassment, bullying, and retaliation. They also uncovered multiple additional witnesseses and victims.

5. We are now waiting on a second state-led investigation into how MCPS messed this up so badly, as a result of which we can expect multiple additional resignations and firings.

So, yes, he was cleared in one investigation but that investigation was later found to be not just sloppy, but outright fraudulent. That's not exculpatory - it actually looks worse!

Seems like a lot of time and money to spend on an investigation into a married woman who willingly sexted him pictures of herself in the bath tub? How many investigations does it take to figure out that the two of them were into each other?

How many times are you going to try to slut-shame your way out of allegations against you made by dozens of people, Joel?

[Anonymous]

He was the popular principal for decades at Arlington’s Yorktown High School. He abruptly resigned in the mid-90s to become principal at Springbrook HS in MCPS. He’s been with MCPS ever since and is one of the region’s most respected educators.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He’s 81????

WTAF! MCPS couldn't find someone much younger, have we resorted to hiring ancient relics ?

Stop being so ageist! Half of congress is that age or older.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He was the popular principal for decades at Arlington’s Yorktown High School. He abruptly resigned in the mid-90s to become principal at Springbrook HS in MCPS. He’s been with MCPS ever since and is one of the region’s most respected educators.

I forgot to mention he was also an educator at the former Wilson Senior HS in NW DC. He has decades of experience in DCPS, APS, and MCPS since the early 1960s. He truly is a stalwart educator, having navigated the successive pedagogical winds with an artful deftness over the past 60 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He was the popular principal for decades at Arlington’s Yorktown High School. He abruptly resigned in the mid-90s to become principal at Springbrook HS in MCPS. He’s been with MCPS ever since and is one of the region’s most respected educators.

MCPS can definitely use the experience of someone who ran schools 35 years ago. Not much has changed since then and so he seems like a great fit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He was the popular principal for decades at Arlington’s Yorktown High School. He abruptly resigned in the mid-90s to become principal at Springbrook HS in MCPS. He’s been with MCPS ever since and is one of the region’s most respected educators.

False
He was running a charter school in DC since then

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He was the popular principal for decades at Arlington’s Yorktown High School. He abruptly resigned in the mid-90s to become principal at Springbrook HS in MCPS. He’s been with MCPS ever since and is one of the region’s most respected educators.

False
He was running a charter school in DC since then

Great! That’s even more solid experience that he brings to the table.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He was the popular principal for decades at Arlington’s Yorktown High School. He abruptly resigned in the mid-90s to become principal at Springbrook HS in MCPS. He’s been with MCPS ever since and is one of the region’s most respected educators.

MCPS can definitely use the experience of someone who ran schools 35 years ago. Not much has changed since then and so he seems like a great fit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He was the popular principal for decades at Arlington’s Yorktown High School. He abruptly resigned in the mid-90s to become principal at Springbrook HS in MCPS. He’s been with MCPS ever since and is one of the region’s most respected educators.

False
He was running a charter school in DC since then

Great! That’s even more solid experience that he brings to the table.

Great! Now MCPS can open a charter school.